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Non-Viennese Vienna? Sturmi? Others?

We (two parents, two teens) are in Vienna for four months, and thanks to this site we are off to a decent start with good authentic local food. We love Viennese food! However, I am wondering if anyone can recommend the best "other-than-Viennese" restaurants or even good food stalls. We love Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Italian, Greek, Turkish etc just to change things up.

Mar is in fact a croatian place, small and very popular, and providing truly "Italian" cuisine. Great in summer when outdoor dining is possible. They have a nice, thick pan pizza, great seafood and salads, very friendly service.http://www.restauranttester.at/pizzer...

For very special Italian cuisine we prefer the Cantina - Osteria Friulana on 1., Bartensteingasse. Best for late lunches after 2 p.m., dinner can be very noisy and crowded.Food is excellent and always freshly prepared friulian osteria fare. You get hooked to this kind of food easily...http://www.cantinafriulana.at

Close by is one of the best Turkish places. Restaurant Kent offers not only döner, but also great stuffed cabbage rolls or lamp chops and wonderful mezze. Great outdoor dining in summer.http://www.kent-restaurant.at

Warning: There are many döner kebab stalls and kiosks all over town, a döner sandwich is cheap, around 2 - 3 Euro. But you do not get what you pay for, most of them will only sell you cheap chicken döner !! Very few places sell "real" döner kebab, made from veal and lamb meat. We like the lamb/veal style one sold only on saturdays on 18., Kutschkermarkt, at the "Weltmeister" döner kiosk corner Schulgasse/Kutschkermarkt.http://www.bestofwien.at/home/best-of...

There is a great Vietnamese place on 9.,Sechsschimmelgasse, the Hanoi Express. http://www.hanoiexpress.at.For Vietnamese outdoor dining their sister restaurant Good Morning Vietnam on 15., Märzstrasse is the best. Dining on a summer sunday you might feel transplanted to a quiet backyard back in Viet nam...http://www.goodmorningvietnam.at

One of the best (non-Viennese) food for a great price you get right now at Charlie P's at Währinger Straße: perfect duck confit, great rabbit terrine, dulce, deer sausages - a realy nice mixture of classic french cooking and british pub food.

Based on your guidethatsalwaysright we went to Kaffee Fabrik just for coffee. We have really been struggling to get what we would call a good latte. Kaffee Fabrik made a great Latte, smooth, good beans, good roast-- however still not quite right on the one factor we have been craving---HEAT! The barista was great though and we learned a lot about coffee in Vienna and she promised that if we came back and asked for an especially hot latte that she would do it. So far, the most consistently hot and good latte we have found is at Blue Orange. Just in case anyone else has been looking!

As I said, I am more than happy to travel for good food so recommendations need not be nearby! I only mentioned my location because I was asked. I will make sure to write a report when I visit any of these.

There is an exquisite thai shop that serves lunch in Schweglerstrasse 19 in the 15th district. (On the U3 subway line at the Schweglerstrasse stop, take exit Märzstrasse.) This is actually a grocery with a wholesale operation. All other thai restaurants buy their ingredients here. New deliveries of herbs and vegetables come in on Tuesday.Eating here is a bit rough in social terms, with service rather unpredictable, but the food does taste like the real thing.

There is no Vietnamese nor Korean worth mentioning and you must take great care with any shop serving fish. The only genuine good japanese bistro - Kuishimbo - serves very limited selections of fish, but does very good vegetables and noodles.

Worth trying is the new age fusion chinese ON in Wehrgasse, but the owner spreads himself too thinly over three large scale operations. ON can occasionally be sensational.

I close with a jibe that will owe me flaming, but I stand by it - you must avoid Kim Kocht and it satellites.

I agree: Kim kocht is not a recommendation. I was once in her first sushi shop, was served by her and was quite disappointed. The hype surrounding her places is just a clever marketing trick...

OTOH I would not be so strict about fish. I always eat whole fried fish at Good Morning Vietnam, and always enjoyed the taste. No question that these fish are imported deep frozen...

The best addresses for fresh fish of high quality (and price) are the Croatian seafood restaurants, such as Kornat and Aurelius in 1., Marc Aurelstrasse, Bodolo on 17., Hernalser Haupstrasse, Lubin in 3.,Hainburgerstrasse or Konoba on 16.,Lerchenfelderstrasse. They get fresh fish twice a week from Croatia, and you can choose whether you want a fish from aquaculture or a wild caught one.

Here you go not for the food, which is standard Greek fare, but for the atmosphere on the evenings when they have live music. The band is sitting right between the tables, and often regulars will join in. This is a classic meeting point for Greek expats, and everybody else is welcome to join...